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Fact check: Rhea Chakraborty`s father Indrajit Chakraborty not on Twitter, fake tweets go viral
Rhea Chakraborty has been sent to judicial custody till September 22 by a local court after bail plea was rejected.
New Delhi: After tweet's from a Twitter account in Rhea Chakraborty's father Indrajit Chakraborty's name went viral this morning, a fact-checking website boomlive.in has confirmed that it's a fake news. Read here for more information.
The fake Twitter handle sought justice for Rhea, who was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a drugs case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death, whom she was dating.
Rhea has been sent to judicial custody till September 22 by a local court after bail plea was rejected.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has claimed that Rhea was an "active member" of a drugs syndicate and procured drugs for Sushant. "Rhea has been arrested under sections 27A, 21, 22, 29 and 28 of NDPS," said K P S Malhotra, Deputy Director of NCB.
Various angles surrounding the death of Sushant are being probed by three federal agencies, including the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Rhea has been accused of abetment to suicide in connection with Sushant's death which the CBI is probing, and a related money laundering case being probed by the ED.